Malware

Satan, the ransomware-as-a-service surfaced in the dark web

The independent malware research @Xylit0l discovered the Satan ransomware, a malware belonging to the Gen:Trojan.Heur2.FU family. Yesterday the independent malware…

8 years ago

Quimitchin, a Mac backdoor that includes antiquated code

Researchers at Malwarebytes have discovered the first Mac malware of 2017, dubbed Quimitchin, that was used against  biomedical research institutions.…

8 years ago

US cancer agency targeted by a singular ransomware attack

A new ransomware campaign has targeted the not-for-profit cancer services organisation "Little Red Door" requesting a US$44,000 ransom. A new…

8 years ago

New campaign leverages RIG Exploit kit to deliver the Cerber Ransomware

Experts from Heimdal Security warned of a spike in cyber attacks leveraging the popular RIG Exploit kit to deliver the…

8 years ago

Two observations about the Italian EyePyramid espionage campaign

Let's try to analyze some facts about the Italian EyePyramid espionage campaign. Prof. Corrado Aaron Visaggio helped us in this…

8 years ago

EyePyramid – Police arrests two for hacking into emails of politicians, lawyers, entrepreneurs, and masons

Two Italian siblings have been arrested by Italian Police and they were charged with a long-running cyber espionage campaign. This…

8 years ago

Spora Ransomware allows victims to pay for immunity from future attacks

 Security experts from Emsisoft spotted a new strain of malware, the Spora ransomware, that allows potential victims to pay for…

8 years ago

A Second variant of Shamoon 2 targets virtualization products

A second variant of the Shamoon 2 malware was discovered by researchers at Palo Alto Networks, this threat also targets…

8 years ago

The Los Angeles Community College District paid a $28,000 ransom to decrypt its files

The Los Angeles Community College District has paid a US$28,000 ransomware after crooks compromised its network. Fortunately, the school retrieved…

8 years ago

CVE-2016-7200 & CVE-2016-7201 Edge flaws added to the Sundown Exploit Kit

The operators behind the Sundown exploit kit have started using two Microsoft Edge flaws just a few days after researchers…

8 years ago

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